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Michael Braun in The Hearts and Minds Project

Mar 1, 2017

Hey, New People! Let Me Try Some Principles On You

I don’t interact with new people often. But last night, I attended my first Community Development Commission meeting. I volunteered to serve on the Commission after the November election. And this meeting meant an opportunity to interact with…

Sylvia B. in The Hearts and Minds Project

Feb 13, 2017

Week 6- Say Names

It’s easy not to notice how you address people, for example, this week I found that I tend to call people by name if it ends in an “e” sound, like Amy or Ellie, and when people have short, common names, Jack or Kate for example, I find myself using their whole name. Names that don’t fit that…

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Michael Braun in The Hearts and Minds Project

Feb 8, 2017

When Saying Names Might Work Best

After I read How to Win Friends and Influence People back in 2009 (sometime around then, anyway) and shared it with Lyn, we both started beginning our emails with “Hi Lyn” and “Hi Michael.” Partly, it was a shared joke about the book. But it was also an earnest attempt…

Michael Braun in The Hearts and Minds Project

Feb 6, 2017

Smiles and Names—Find the Creepy Line and Don’t Cross It

We’re moving into the goofiest of all of Carnegie’s principles this week: “Remember that a person’s name is, to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”